diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index 24221542e7..8daa7f7d44 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logical.h"
 #include "replication/logicallauncher.h"
+#include "replication/logicalworker.h"
 #include "replication/origin.h"
 #include "replication/snapbuild.h"
 #include "replication/syncrep.h"
@@ -2360,6 +2361,7 @@ CommitTransaction(void)
 	AtEOXact_PgStat(true, is_parallel_worker);
 	AtEOXact_Snapshot(true, false);
 	AtEOXact_ApplyLauncher(true);
+	AtEOXact_LogicalRepWorkers(true);
 	pgstat_report_xact_timestamp(0);
 
 	CurrentResourceOwner = NULL;
@@ -2647,6 +2649,9 @@ PrepareTransaction(void)
 	AtEOXact_HashTables(true);
 	/* don't call AtEOXact_PgStat here; we fixed pgstat state above */
 	AtEOXact_Snapshot(true, true);
+	/* we treat PREPARE as ROLLBACK so far as waking workers goes */
+	AtEOXact_ApplyLauncher(false);
+	AtEOXact_LogicalRepWorkers(false);
 	pgstat_report_xact_timestamp(0);
 
 	CurrentResourceOwner = NULL;
@@ -2860,6 +2865,7 @@ AbortTransaction(void)
 		AtEOXact_HashTables(false);
 		AtEOXact_PgStat(false, is_parallel_worker);
 		AtEOXact_ApplyLauncher(false);
+		AtEOXact_LogicalRepWorkers(false);
 		pgstat_report_xact_timestamp(0);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/alter.c b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
index 70d359eb6a..bea51b3af1 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/alter.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "commands/user.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "parser/parse_func.h"
+#include "replication/logicalworker.h"
 #include "rewrite/rewriteDefine.h"
 #include "tcop/utility.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -279,6 +280,9 @@ AlterObjectRename_internal(Relation rel, Oid objectId, const char *new_name)
 		if (strncmp(new_name, "regress_", 8) != 0)
 			elog(WARNING, "subscriptions created by regression test cases should have names starting with \"regress_\"");
 #endif
+
+		/* Wake up related replication workers to handle this change quickly */
+		LogicalRepWorkersWakeupAtCommit(objectId);
 	}
 	else if (nameCacheId >= 0)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index b9c5df796f..f15a332bae 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicallauncher.h"
+#include "replication/logicalworker.h"
 #include "replication/origin.h"
 #include "replication/slot.h"
 #include "replication/walreceiver.h"
@@ -1362,6 +1363,9 @@ AlterSubscription(ParseState *pstate, AlterSubscriptionStmt *stmt,
 
 	InvokeObjectPostAlterHook(SubscriptionRelationId, subid, 0);
 
+	/* Wake up related replication workers to handle this change quickly. */
+	LogicalRepWorkersWakeupAtCommit(subid);
+
 	return myself;
 }
 
@@ -1732,7 +1736,9 @@ AlterSubscriptionOwner_internal(Relation rel, HeapTuple tup, Oid newOwnerId)
 	InvokeObjectPostAlterHook(SubscriptionRelationId,
 							  form->oid, 0);
 
+	/* Wake up related background processes to handle this change quickly. */
 	ApplyLauncherWakeupAtCommit();
+	LogicalRepWorkersWakeupAtCommit(form->oid);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
index f8e8cf71eb..f8649e142c 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ WalReceiverConn *LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn = NULL;
 Subscription *MySubscription = NULL;
 static bool MySubscriptionValid = false;
 
+static List *on_commit_wakeup_workers_subids = NIL;
+
 bool		in_remote_transaction = false;
 static XLogRecPtr remote_final_lsn = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
@@ -4092,3 +4094,53 @@ reset_apply_error_context_info(void)
 	apply_error_callback_arg.remote_attnum = -1;
 	set_apply_error_context_xact(InvalidTransactionId, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Request wakeup of the workers for the given subscription OID
+ * at commit of the current transaction.
+ *
+ * This is used to ensure that the workers process assorted changes
+ * as soon as possible.
+ */
+void
+LogicalRepWorkersWakeupAtCommit(Oid subid)
+{
+	MemoryContext oldcxt;
+
+	oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopTransactionContext);
+	on_commit_wakeup_workers_subids =
+		list_append_unique_oid(on_commit_wakeup_workers_subids, subid);
+	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wake up the workers of any subscriptions that were changed in this xact.
+ */
+void
+AtEOXact_LogicalRepWorkers(bool isCommit)
+{
+	if (isCommit && on_commit_wakeup_workers_subids != NIL)
+	{
+		ListCell   *lc;
+
+		LWLockAcquire(LogicalRepWorkerLock, LW_SHARED);
+		foreach(lc, on_commit_wakeup_workers_subids)
+		{
+			Oid			subid = lfirst_oid(lc);
+			List	   *workers;
+			ListCell   *lc2;
+
+			workers = logicalrep_workers_find(subid, true);
+			foreach(lc2, workers)
+			{
+				LogicalRepWorker *worker = (LogicalRepWorker *) lfirst(lc2);
+
+				logicalrep_worker_wakeup_ptr(worker);
+			}
+		}
+		LWLockRelease(LogicalRepWorkerLock);
+	}
+
+	/* The List storage will be reclaimed automatically in xact cleanup. */
+	on_commit_wakeup_workers_subids = NIL;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logicalworker.h b/src/include/replication/logicalworker.h
index f1e7e8a348..e484662b72 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logicalworker.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logicalworker.h
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ extern void ApplyWorkerMain(Datum main_arg);
 
 extern bool IsLogicalWorker(void);
 
+extern void LogicalRepWorkersWakeupAtCommit(Oid subid);
+
+extern void AtEOXact_LogicalRepWorkers(bool isCommit);
+
 #endif							/* LOGICALWORKER_H */